When they say the sky’s the limit to me that’s really true

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

A lot of people will ignore positive words when they are down and accept negative words. Those people never get better.

Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything…away.

Only a female could be as calculating and have the foresight that destiny requires,’ the gypsy explained. ‘Now fate is a man,’ he went on, ‘no planning, just go with the flow and see what tomorrow brings.

History is the guess of old men, sometimes they get it wrong.

Save now, so you are not dependent on your children when you are old

Cut the cords of attachment. Expand the circle of love.

The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.

Speak less, listen deeply.

Life’s tough. It’s a challenge. So think of love as your hard earned reward. Don’t let doubt take that away from you.

Sometimes you weren’t supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

No people who are ignorant can be truly free.

You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.

When your diary is full and your life is empty, get a date

In the big scheme of things, all’s we really need, is a little love

If you want to know what’s going on, keep your mind in the fridge or it might go off.

The best way to move forward is to stop

Falling into true love, is not taking a rope to climb out

Great songs don’t grow on trees, yet lots of songs have been written on great trees

A thin man can squeeze into a fat body, yet you can only squeeze a fat man to become thin

Always think backwards before moving forwards

In the big scheme of things, it’s the little things that matter

You can change your mind, don’t let your mind change you

A sneeze can never be to far away

If you change who you are to suit other people, you may end up dressed for the wrong occasion

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

I’ve found a great hiding place for all my money, down the drain

When your tears become invisible, disappear

When you can’t get what you want, get what you need

Frame everything and some of it will become art.

If the moment is everthing, then everything is time.

Cheapen words and they’ll cheapen you

We’re on a planet, relax!

To tell others thatIt is a rumor Will not do. When your own heart asks How will you respond?

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

Have a humble heart & an open-mind and you’ll soon be given glimpses beyond the veil of your beliefs and understandings… growing wiser, and believing deeper.

It is possible to be confident and still practice humility. Be confident in the success of the teachable, sure in the power & grace of That which supports you.

Do not build a castle around one act of kindness; do not build an empire around one act of cruelty.

Seek happiness now within you. Don’t look anywhere else or for anyone to help bring that happiness to your life. Happiness comes as a reward of battles we win. Happiness will come from the will to be strong minded and the readiness to face the next challenge with a smile.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

The choices she’s made have left her without choice.

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech.

When we disrespect a person, we disrespect God

Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins.

Books! tis a dull and endless strife:Come, hear the woodland linnet,How sweet his music! on my life,There’s more of wisdom in it.

And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it’s gone.

Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman’s diaries when I was twenty.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.